Aug 10, 2011

August 9, 2011 – New World Ventures has announced their investment in one-stop digital portal SinglePlatform. The $3.25 million round was led by DFJ Gotham Ventures, with additional participation by First Round Capital and RRE Ventures, bringing SinglePlatform’s total funding to date up to $4.45 million. Launched in January 2010 by CEO Wiley...

Aug 10, 2011

Update: A Squared Group and 20-Something Bloggers are offering Tech.li readers a 50% discount on the 20SB Community member rate, using the code techli (it is designed for 20-somethings, but you don’t *technically* have to be a 20-something to use this rate). Register. If you’re a digital savvy twenty-something, chances are that you’ve heard of, or...

Aug 8, 2011

We’re no Rebecca Black, but we think Thursday just became the new Friday. Thursday can thank the Tech.li team for boosting it’s street cred by kicking off ‘Tech.li Thursdays One’ with beer, pizza & start-ups. The first event of the new monthly series gathered startups, entrepreneurs, and passionate enthusiasts together to discuss what they’re...

Aug 6, 2011

How often do you feel that if the retail price for an item were only a few dollars less, you’d be all over it? Pegwise, launched in April by co-founders Jarred Trost and Andy Powell, is an online marketplace that connects a customer’s perceived value of the product to the price they pay. Running multi-unit flash auctions (they coined and trademarked...

Aug 5, 2011

Illinois Launch is holding a Startup Bootcamp from Aug. 15 to 17 at the Illini Center located at 200 S. Wacker.     The event includes: Exciting bootcamp for entrepreneurs Learn from successful startups A day devoted to sales, branding and marketing Tour successful startups in Chicago like Groupon The networking event at District Bar on the...

Aug 4, 2011

When I moved from Atlanta to Chicago about a year ago to start my own company and explore a new city, attending the inaugural midVenturesLaunch was my first exposure to the local startup technology scene. The event, highlighted by Brad Keywell’s keynote, was an affirmation that I was in good company helping Chicago transform from a flyover afterthought...